SCIENCE AND TEACHING DOMAIN

Science domain: Educational Technology

Courses at graduate, master and doctoral studies currently engaged: Educational Technology, Computer Graphics and Simulations, Digital Games Development, Digital Games Design, Teacher Digital Competence, Teaching Methods, Teaching Methods of Computer Science and Informatics, Intelligent Educational Systems, Computer Simulation and Animation.

Research interests: Educational Technology, Digital Games, Computer Graphics and Simulations, Teaching Methods.

BASIC BIOGRAPHY

Veljko Aleksić was born in Čаčak, Serbia. He finished the elementary school and the Technical college (Department of electro-automatics) in Čačak, and in both received the best student recognition award. He graduated the Technical Faculty in Čačak with an average grade of 9,59 and thereby obtained the bachelor's degree of Teacher of tеchnics and infоrmаtics. The Final paper was entitled "Usage of Hypermedia in Informatics Education". He was declared the best student of generation and the best graduate student, and was the winner of the "Dr Milivoje Urošević" foundation award.

He graduated Master studies at University of Kragujevac, Technical Faculty in Čačak, with an average grade of 10,00 and thereby obtained the Master's degree of Teacher of technics and informatics. Master thesis was entitled "Evaluation of Standards in Technics and Informatics Education".

He graduated Doctoral studies at University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, with an average grade of 10,00 and thereby obrtained the Doctoral degree of Teaching methods in life sciences, mathematics and computer science. Doctoral thesis was entitled "Relation between digital gameplay and multiple intelligences profile of higher grade elementary school students".

He is Associate Professor at Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac.

PЕDАGОGICAL AND WORK ENGAGEMENT

(1997-2005) Computer servicer at "Cyber" company in Čаčak, Serbia. Troubleshooting and repair of computer equipment, software and operation systems installation and maintenance, computer network design and implementation. System administrator at several other companies

(2003-2006) Computer and language school "Methodos" in Čаčak, Serbia. Lecturer on number of courses in the fields of IT and Computer science

(2008) Completed the Oracle Academy - Database Design and Programming with SQL course

(2009-2010) Studеnt dеmоnstrаtоr at Technical Faculty in Čačak on the courses: Programming principles, Programming, and Infоrmаtion systems

(2010-2016) LMS Moodle Systеm Administrator at Technical Faculty in Čačak

(2010-2011) Associate at the Department of Technics and Pedagogy Sciences for the science domain of Methodics at Теchnical faculty in Čačak

(2010) Associate on the project "Assessment of the tryout programmes in primary education", Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Serbia

(2011) Associate on the project "TEMPUS 511126 DL@WEB", Univеrsity of Kragujevac, Serbia

(2011) Associate on the project "Master studies development program (MSDP)", WUS Austria

(2011-2013) Member of the professional team for Technics and informatics subject on the project "Development of Educational Standards for the primary, secondary and vocational education", Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Serbia

Becomes the Assistant trainee for the science domain of Methodics on Теchnical faculty in Čačak in April 2011

(2011) Member of the Secretariat of 6th Symposium with international participation „Technology, Informatics and Education for the Knowledge and Learning Society", Technical faculty in Čačak

(2011-2012) Co-author and trainer of accredited seminar "Hypermedia in Education", No 140, Institute for the Improvement of Education, Ministry of Education, Serbia

(2012-2013) Associate in Digital Literacy group on the project "The development of educational standards for the primary adult education", Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Serbia

Becomes the Teaching assistant for the science domain of Methodics on Теchnical faculty in Čačak in March 2012

(2012) Member of the organizing committee and the technical editor of Proceedings of the Conference with international participation "Technics and Informatics in Education - TIO 2012", Technical faculty in Čačak

(2013-2014) Administrator at the Department of Educational Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak

(2013-2016) Member of the Commitee for quality evaluation of study programmes, teaching, professional practice and working enviroment on Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak

(2013-2014) Member of the professional team for the Technics and informatics subject on the project "The Revision of Primary Education Educational Standards", Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2013) Trainer of accredited seminar "Training teachers for the implementation of educational standards in primary adult education", Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2014) Member of the Committee for the analysis of the compliance of the Computer science and informatics subject with the EU ECDL standards, JISA - Informatics Alliance of Serbia

(2014) Member of the organizing committee and the technical editor of Proceedings of the Conference with international participation "Technics and Informatics in Education - TIO 2014", Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak

(2015) Junior Non-Key Expert on the project "Support Human Capital Development and Research - General Education and Human Capital Development", EUROPEAID/131566/C/SER/RS

(2016) Member of the Workgroup for defining proposal changes of the curricula in the fields of engineering, technology and computer science in primary and secondary education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2016) Member of the organizing committee and the technical editor of Proceedings of the International conference "Technics and Informatics in Education - TIO 2016", Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak

(2016) Erasmus+ programme academic staff seven day training at the Department of Informatics, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 

(2016) Member of the Workgroup on the project "New teaching programme for the 5th grade elementary school subject Technics and informatics education", Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2016-2018) Trainer of accredited seminar "The application of IT in primary and secondary education – the interactive approach with practical examples", No 623, Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education,Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2016-2018) Trainer of accredited seminar "The application of IT in Technics and informatics education subject – the interactive approach with practical examples", No 624, Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education,Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2017) Head of the Commission for monitoring the status of master teachers and master engineers in education, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak

(2017) Reviewer of Textbook for teaching 5th grade Technics and Technology in elementary school, Publishing House "KLETT", Belgrade, Serbia

(2017) Member of the Workgroup on the project "The new curriculum for the Technics and Technology 6th grade elementary school subject", Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2017) Member of the Workgroup on the project "The new curriculum for the Informatics and Computer Science 6th grade elementary school subject", Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2017) Associate on the project "Conceptualization and evaluation of teacher training for the introduction of a new Technics and technology subject, and the application of relevant programme content", Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2017) Teacher trainer for introducing new teaching subject Technics and technology and the application of relevant programme content, Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

Becomes the Assistant Professor for the science domain of Methodics on Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak in January 2018

(2018) Member of the organizing committee and the technical editor of Proceedings of the International conference "Technics and Informatics in Education - TIE 2018", Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac

(2018) Member of the Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning Track programme committee of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - ICALT2018, Indian institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

(2018-2020) Author and trainer of accredited seminar  „Eduardo – školski računarski interfejs“, No 786, Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2018-2019) Guest teacher at the Faculty of Pedagogy in Užice University of Kragujevac for subjects: Digital Literacy, New Technologies in Education, Methodics of Informatics and Methodics of Programming

(2018-2019) Head of the project "Osnaživanje kompetencija studenata - master profesora tehnike i informatike za preduzetničko obrazovanje i podršku profesionalnom razvoju učenika (MPTIPoPr)", program activities "Razvoj visokog obrazovanja" Ministry of Education,Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2018-2019) Head of the project "Digitalna transformacija predmeta obrazovna tehnologija (DTPOT)", program activities "Razvoj visokog obrazovanja" Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2018) Member of the Workgroup on the project "The new curriculum for the Technics and Technology 7th grade elementary school subject", Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2018) Reviewer of Textbook for teaching 6th grade Technics and Technology in elementary school, Publishing House "KLETT", Belgrade, Serbia

(2018) Participation in the International Program for Assessment of Student Achievements - PISA 2018, National PISA team of the Republic of Serbia

(2019-2022) Member of the commission for self-evaluation of the quality of study programs, teaching, work of teachers, services and working conditions, Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak

(2019) Expert member of the commission for quality evaluation of the textbooks and providing opinion on the quality of the manuscript's manual, additional teaching aids and didactic resources, Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2019) Member of the Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning Track programme committee of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - ICALT2019, Center of Execellence for Social Technologies (NEES), Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio, Brazil

(2019) Member of the Workgroup on the project "The new curriculum for the Technics and Technology 8th grade elementary school subject", Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2019) Reviewer of the National Accreditation and Quality Review Body in Higher Education - Accrediatation and Quality Review Commission

(2019) Member of the WoTEL 2019 - Workshop in Technology Enhanced Learning Track programme committee of the 9th Balkan Conference in Informatics, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

(2019) Member of the LVC 2019 - Learning in Virtual Communities International conference scientific committee, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac

(2019) Member of the Workgroup on the project "The new curriculum for the seventh and eighth grade students of primary education with special inclinations for mathematics", Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2019) Member of the Workgroup on the project "Preparation of the teaching program for elective subject: Applied sciences 2 for the third and fourth grade of general secondary education", Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2019) Member of the Accreditation Commission of master study programs at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak

(2019) Member of the Commission for exams recognition in Subject teaching master study program, Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak

(2020) Member of the international program committee of „2020 International Conference on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA)“, IEEE, Novi Sad, Serbia

(2020) Reviewer for the analysis and assessment of compliance with the accreditation standards of the study program DAS – Teaching methods, Faculty of Education in Sombor, University of Novi Sad

(2020) Member of the organizing committee and the technical editor of Proceedings „Technics and Informatics in Education - TIE 2020“, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac

(2020) Member of the commission for the preparation of the report for the selection of an teaching assistant with a doctorate for the field of Methodics of informatics education, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac

(2020) Member of the commission for the implementation of the enrollment in Subject teaching master academic studies, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac

(2020) Completed the course: Fundamentals of Deep Learning for Computer Vision, Deep Learning Institute, nVidia

(2021) Member of the Workgroup for drafting the Program of teaching and learning primary school subjects "Techincs and technology" and "Informatics and computer science", Institute for the Advancement of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia

(2021) Head of the study program IAS Technics and informatics, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak

(2021) Head of the study program IAS Subject teaching, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak

(2021) Member of the international program committee of  „2021 IEEE International Conference on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (IEEE INISTA-2021)“, IEEE, Kocaeli, Turkey

(2021) Member of the commission for the preparation of the report for the selection of an assistant professor for the field of Methodics of informatics education, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac

(2021) Member of the commission for the preparation of the report for the selection of an teaching assistant for the field of Information technology and systems, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac

(2022) Junior Non-key Expert Trainer for Training different groups of Stakeholders on Project „Improving the Quality of Education by Introducing Examinations at the End of Secondary Education“, EuropeAid/138188/DH/SER/RS

(2022) Member of the Team for the preparation of documentation for the accreditation of the study program of doctoral academic studies in Information Technology at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak

(2022) Associate on Erasmus+ Project „HE and VET alliance establishment according to Bologna Principals Implementation via VET teachers’ capacity building (ALLVET)“, 609952-EPP-1-2019-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBHE-JB, University of Kragujevac

(2022) Member of the Program Commitee of „The 1st International Workshop on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society“, The Education University of Hong Kong

(2022) Member of the Program Commitee of „16th International Conference on INnovation in Intelligent SysTems and Applciations (INISTA 2022)“, IEEE, Biarritz, France

(2022) Reviewer of the „22nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2022)“, IEEE, Bucharest, Romania

(2022) Member of the Program Commitee of „The 2nd International Workshop on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society“, The Education University of Hong Kong

(2022) Associate on the Project MH „ERS“ MP a.d. Trebinje ZP „Hidroelektrane na Drini“ a.d. Višegrad

(2022) Member of the Commitee for implementation of student enrollment in the first year of master academic and master vocational studies in 2022/2023, Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak

(2022) Reviewer for the assessment of textbook „Informacione tehnologije“, authors Nebojša Stanković & Vesna Ružičić, Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak

(2022) Member of the Commission for the recognition of exams for undergraduate and master academic studies at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak

(2022) Program Committee Member of „The 1st International Conference on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society (MetaACES 2023)“, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK)

(2021-2023) Associate on the project „HE and VET alliance establishment according to Bologna Principals Implementation via VET teachers’ capacity building (ALLVET)“, 609952-EPP-1-2019-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBHE-JB, University of Kragujevac

(2022) Junior Non-key Expert on the project „Improving the Quality of Education by Introducing Examinations at the End of Secondary Education“, EuropeAid/138188/DH/SER/RS

(2024-2025) Researcher at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Čačak, contract with the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation

Member of the organizational, program and scientific committees of 17 international conferences. Reviewer of five international scientific journals.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Aleksić, V., & Vasilijević, D. (2025). Pregled aktuelnih tehnika veštačke inteligencije za kreiranje i implementaciju obrazovnog sadržaja. Društvene i humanističke studije, 10(1(27)), pp. 571-594.
2. Aleksić, V.  (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Educational Technologies. Čačak: Faculty of Technical Sciences. ISBN: 978-86-7776-281-0
3. Aleksić, V. (2024). The impact of gender differences on learning digital games programming. Зборник радова, Педагошки факултет у Ужицу, 27(26), стр. 259-278.
4. Aleksić, V., & Politis, P. (2023). Trait Emotional Intelligence and Multiple Intelligences as Predictors of Academic Success in Serbian and Greek IT Students. International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE), 11(2), 173-185.
5. Aleksić, V. (2023). Digital Games Development. Čačak: Faculty of Technical Sciences. ISBN: 978-86-7776-269-8
6. Aleksić, V. (2023). Computer Graphics. Čačak: Faculty of Technical Sciences. ISBN: 978-86-7776-268-1
7. Aleksić, V., & Politis, D. (2023). The impact of interactive digital technology exposure on generation Z students learning performance in Computer graphics and simulations: A comparative study of Greece and Serbia. Inovacije u Nastavi, 36(2), 1-16.
8. Aleksić, V. (2021). Educational Technology in Digital Domain. Čačak: Faculty of Technical Sciences. ISBN: 978-86-7776-249-0
9. Politis, D., Stagiopoulos, P., & Aleksić, V. (2020). Advanced Technologies and Standards for Interactive Educational Television: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. ISBN: 978-1-7998-0253-2
10. Aleksić, V. (2018). Early Adolescents’ Digital Gameplay Preferences, Habits and Addiction. Croatian Journal of Education, 20(2), pp. 463-500.
11. Aleksić, V., & Ivanović, M. (2017). A Literature Review of Empirical Research on the Effects of Digital Games on Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences. Croatian Journal of Education, 19(2), pp. 511-562.
12. Aleksić, V., & Ivanović, M. (2016). Introductory Programming Subject in European Higher Education. Informatics in Education, 15(2), pp. 163-182.

Author and co-autor of a total of 31 articles published in scientific journals, 64 papers published at national and international conferences and 15 textbooks.